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Africa does not lack some countries that are extremely rich in minerals, but the Great Lakes region has everything. If these countries are united, they will not be worse than South Africa, and they will surpass South Africa in terms of resource types.

The Great Lakes region of East Africa is also the business core of a great power in later generations and the African strategy of a great power.

Although there are sequelae left by colonization here, it is not like the slave trade that destroyed the social structure in West Africa.

Moreover, Britain is not France, and it will not hold everything in its hands.British Africa was not always subject to coups like French Africa was.

McMillan was also very interested in Alan Wilson's so-called plan to operate East Africa. He asked about the specific steps, and then he saw a plan that could be called a grand blueprint. "Isn't it too grand?"

Allen Wilson took out a copy of the railway plan, including the north-south North Rhodesia and Tanzania railway construction plans, and an East African coastal railway construction plan, one north-south and one east-west, to connect Lake Victoria. The precious resources around are evened out.

"Minister, this is just a plan at the moment." Alan Wilson replied indifferently, who said that the railway must be built in the UK?The United Kingdom is only responsible for providing the plan, and naturally other countries will help build it.

Since it is only responsible for making plans, why can't it be a little bit more satellite?When you become independent, the UK will naturally have no responsibility. Whoever made you independent? Even Alan Wilson has already figured out how to get one fish for two. The two railways can be contracted out separately, one for a certain big country and the other for a famous big country. .

"Take Kenya as an example. There are hundreds of thousands of Indians there. Nehru pretended to be dead without saying anything. Is it not too much for India to use its internationalism to build a railway connecting Uganda and Tanzania in Kenya?"

Allen Wilson was confident, "If the Six-Party Talks were not held soon, and India is still used now, all Kenyan Indians should be directly deported back to the country. If India's support for Britain is not firm at the Basra Conference, it will not have the attitude we want. Then the Indians in Kenya are useless. As long as it is a British colony that has not yet become independent, the Indians will go away."

"Generally in the field of diplomacy, we don't make it so clear." McMillan pondered for a while and said softly, "But if the main local ethnic group really cannot accept Indians living with us, then we have nothing to do."

"It's like Mr. Jinnah doesn't want to coexist in the same country with Hindus." Alan Wilson understood and directly took back the development plan for the Great Lakes region in Africa, and he still had to revise it.

And the colonial commissioners are now tense because of the wave of independence in French Africa, lest something will happen to the colonies they manage.

Alan Wilson is not worried at least for now. The United States needs help from the United Kingdom recently. What will happen until the US general election is over before he will continue to have time to think about his father's legacy.

But having said that, it is always right to be careful. Alan Wilson sent a succinct telegram to the high commissioners everywhere, "Be wary of France playing the independence card."

Chapter 56 Ashes of the Times

Great Britain is a land of outstanding people, otherwise why would there be French filmmakers and German entrepreneurs here?Alan Wilson is a diplomat, and it is not too much to receive him.

Years make people old, and compared with the peak period of appearance, some distinguished guests may not be so magnificent.But this is not a reason to dislike. After getting along for a long time, there are always some feelings. It is okay to talk about parenting without talking about Fengyue.

After receiving a group of foreign friends, Alan Wilson found Maggins with a tired figure. He always wanted to leave some time for himself. Seeing that his old friend was tired, Makins grinned and said, "I sometimes I suspect that your salary is higher than others?"

"Why do you know that?" Alan Wilson licked his lips and asked back after unscrewing the thermos cup and taking a sip of wolfberries.

"Otherwise, you have no reason to work so hard." Maggins was puzzled, "You spend half of the year abroad, right? You seem to be busy all the time, which cannot be explained by hard work."

"One has to pay the price for the choice." Alan Wilson said something endlessly, and Maggins nodded. He thought Alan Wilson was talking about diplomatic work.

In fact, it is not at all. Alan Wilson said that when he was young and strong, he wanted to test drive a luxury car when he saw a luxury car.

It is not regrettable even today, the body is a little tired, but fortunately, the spiritual joy can dilute the physical fatigue.Anyway, these are classic models, and he is not at a loss.

Alan Wilson could blame his fatigue on the fact that he was not acclimated to the climate in Africa, so he fooled around with this topic and asked Maggins what is interesting about his current job.

The Ministry of the Interior is also one of the three traditionally high-ranking ministries. Compared with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of the Interior handles a variety of things.

"The domestic shipbuilding industry seems to have encountered some bottlenecks." Maggins thought for a while and shrugged.

"Is that so?" Alan Wilson nodded with his face crossed. He didn't expect that the world's largest shipbuilding power would be in trouble so soon?That's right, if civilian shipbuilding is included, the British shipbuilding industry is stronger than the United States.

In half of the years since the post-war period, the total tonnage of British shipbuilding has surpassed that of the United States, while the other half of the years have lagged behind the United States.

Britain's unique geographical location and water conservancy conditions make ships play an important role in people's production and life, which in turn leads to the rise of the shipbuilding industry.The rise of the British shipbuilding industry is related to the political environment in the UK. On the one hand, it is reflected in the government's strong support for warship construction, which has driven the development of shipbuilding technology and scale.

The free trade policy of the United Kingdom has stimulated the prominent role of ships as carriers in international competition, thereby promoting the development of the shipbuilding industry.

In addition, the development of the British shipbuilding industry has its own industrial advantages, and it is in a leading position in ship scale, ship power, construction specialization, organizational form and customer relationship.

During the two world wars, Britain's dominance was challenged by other countries. Although it was surpassed by other countries in one aspect, it still maintained its position as the world's largest shipbuilding country in general.

In fact, the shipbuilding industry was the first thing Britain recovered after the war. It stepped on the American Liberty Ship and surpassed the United States in terms of launching tonnage all the year round. According to history, it should be the Suez Canal War, which caused the first difficulty for the British shipbuilding industry.

But the fundamental reason is that the United Kingdom no longer invests in the Royal Navy, resulting in the shipbuilding industry no longer having military orders to maintain.On the contrary, although the United States has also begun to see the decline of civilian shipbuilding, it has been using military orders to keep the US shipbuilding industry alive.

The U.S. approach is not without sequelae, that is, the unit price of U.S. warships in later generations is already sky-high.

Alan Wilson originally thought that the British Royal Navy is now upgrading normally, which is good for the shipbuilding industry, but now it seems that the prosperity has been maintained for a few more years, and the British shipbuilding industry has still hit the ceiling.

"You're not thinking about industrial transfer, are you?" Maggins said directly when he saw his old friend's pensive look, "I'll take you to a place."

"No, where?" Alan Wilson was interrupted, and said something that didn't make sense.

"You will know when you arrive." Maggins smiled, and directly dragged Alan Wilson into the car. The destination of the two was the last textile factory in the UK, and it was also a dye factory. The latter is more important, otherwise it is simple It is estimated that the textile factory has also been closed now.

The distance is not far or near, but it is already outside the scope of London. Before entering, you can hear the dehydration sound of the centrifuge almost groaning all over the hall. In the muscles and bones of the workers on the machine, the colorful cloth fluttering like a flag on the proximity device was violently bumped.

The two appeared in a factory building.Here are some small machines for printing and dyeing black cloth for men's clothing.

The daylight came in through thousands of windows, painting the black mist and workers in this factory with a light green.

The workers stood, arm in arm, like stone pillars, motionless, staring at the machine.When thousands of meters of fabric pass through here, they can be evenly dyed with foamy black paint sprayed from the machine.

The walls were shaking and the factory was working with all its energy.A lift installed against the wall brings the lobby into direct communication with the four floors above it.

The low rumble of the machines echoed in the hall.The elevator either takes one batch of cars, goods and people up to another floor, or unloads another batch of people and goods down the hall.

"Do you have any feelings?" Makins asked Alan Wilson in a low voice, asking him to comment on the scene in front of him.

"I don't feel much. Backward industries should have been eliminated."

Alan Wilson spoke in a nonchalant manner, but because of the special environment here, if he does not want to be beaten, he must control the volume of his voice, "There is no need to keep a strong industry without profits, or we must innovate to improve production efficiency. But the textile industry is quite old, if there is a way to innovate, it will not be where it is today."

In order to prevent accidents, it is necessary to keep steelmaking and machinery manufacturing, the textile industry?What to keep it for, [-] million shirts for a Boeing?

The United Kingdom has the Comet airliner, so there is absolutely no need to do this. As long as no outrageous mistakes are made, even if Boeing can gain the upper hand in the future, don't think too much in a few decades.

"The government attaches great importance to the unemployment rate. It is not impossible for the textile industry to do this, but if the shipbuilding industry does this, you need to know what the status of the shipbuilding industry is in the UK." Makins said with a wry smile, "I have nothing else The meaning is simply to show you the textile industry that is about to disappear from the UK."

"Since we're here, it's good to look at the ashes of the times." Alan Wilson glanced sideways at his old friend, and said calmly, "Nothing in the world is eternal, and everything cannot go against the trend. "

"Aren't you the most willing to be in adversity?" Makins commented with a chuckle, "With a permanent undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs like you, I don't think the foreign minister has much work."

"Without me, the minister has no job, and the prime minister likes to direct diplomatic work." Alan Wilson is not targeting Macmillan, which is just an obvious fact.Eden and Nehru were just short of each other. They didn't take over the position of foreign minister and let Macmillan stand aside completely.

Otherwise, how could Alan Wilson propose that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Commonwealth Affairs merge, and why is Macmillan so concerned?

It is true that there is no room for him in diplomacy, so he thought about changing the track and starting again. The prime minister likes to display his talents on the diplomatic stage. As the foreign minister, he can always contact the Commonwealth countries if he has nothing to do?

Two senior Whitehall officials were in the fuel workshop to experience the treatment of leading inspection work.Of course, this company is mainly to give Makins face, and he, the executive deputy minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, does not have such a big face.

The cloudy daylight streaming in through the very dirty window-panes, which were covered with steam, made the machines and the faces of the people more distinct.In the hall, under the pale green daylight, one could see long strips of red vapor floating back and forth, as if they had sprinkled a layer of dust on the halo of the gas lamp.

Both man and machine seemed half-awake, like phantoms controlled by the terrible force of motion, like bunches of rubbish and heaps of dust thrown together and thrown into the In the vortex that is constantly churning and roaring.

Alan Wilson held his nose. He felt that people working in this environment for a long time would definitely affect their health. The consequences were much more serious than if he had nothing to do with taking people on a rocket. There was no need to keep this factory and it should be moved out.

At No. [-] Downing Street, Prime Minister Eden listened to Macmillan's words, and fell into deep thinking. As the prime minister, did he interfere too much in foreign affairs? Was Macmillan dissatisfied with this and proposed the merger of departments?

However, since Duncan's death, the Conservative Party has indeed lacked a leader of a major force. Will directly agreeing to Macmillan destroy the balance within the party?

To tell you the truth!At this moment, Aiden is considering whether Macmillan is reliable.Any thoughts on peeking at the artifact.

In the United Kingdom, elections are based on party selection, and the leader of the party automatically becomes the prime minister. It is not unimaginable that the incumbent prime minister will be pulled down because of internal divisions, which is different from the United States.

"Harold, Duncan has not left for a long time. If we merge the Commonwealth Affairs Department now, there may be some problems." Aiden did not directly agree, "We are thinking about this matter when the Six-Party Talks has a result. ? You always have to think about what Churchill thinks, don't you?"

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The balance within the party is the first thing that Eden considers. At a young age, Eden became the No. 60 figure in the Conservative Party, but he was also suppressed by Churchill for many years. After the end of the World War, the Labor Party ushered in a long period of power. Aiden, who had a smooth life in the first half of his life, did not ascend the throne of prime minister until he was in his [-]s.

For the current position of Prime Minister, Aiden cherishes it very much, it is too hard to come by.

And now Aiden, like Churchill at the beginning, also chose to suppress potential competitors.

"The Foreign Secretary is in an embarrassing situation." Alan Wilson, who had left the dye factory, talked to Makins about Macmillan's situation.The conversion of subject and object status between Britain and the United States can also be used in intra-party competition.

Leaving aside Eden and Macmillan, just look at the complicated relationship between Attlee and Morrison in the previous government.Few top leaders would willingly watch their former subordinates become their own leaders.

Attlee beat Morrison decades ago and then nearly crushed his party rival for life.

"Which minister is not in an embarrassing situation?" Makins smiled. "Not to mention all of them. Most ministers have a little understanding of the scope of their management. Who knows what they were doing before they were elected. Maybe they are engaged in women's movement of!"

"I have really met such a minister." Alan Wilson teased. The Minister of Indian Affairs more than ten years ago was a person who advocated equal rights and supported the women's movement. "But the field of diplomacy is different after all. The minister is in charge of foreign-related work, and the citizens of the country want to treat foreigners as harshly as possible, but the minister's job is just the opposite. Letting the foreign minister go around from time to time also relieves his pressure."

Macmillan was to Eden what Brezhnev was to Kozlov.The qualifications are not comparable, the status is not comparable, and the age is a little older than the other party. Normally, it is impossible to cause much challenge.

Macmillan was able to take the position, thanks to Aiden stepping into the sinkhole of the Suez Canal War without hesitation.

But for now, Egypt is still stable, and there is no shadow of turmoil.Originally, there was another option for the six-party talks on the Iranian oil crisis to be held in Cairo, but later, out of balance considerations, it was held in Basra in southern Iraq.

Anyway, it must be held in a city in an Arab country, pretending to be related to the Arabs, and forming an impression on ordinary Arabs that the Arabs can determine the fate of the Persians is the best.

The two got in the car and returned the same way. Makins asked while driving, "By the way, the whole of French Africa fell apart. You are also very busy recently. You must avoid impacting the British African colonies."

"Falling apart? As of now, Algeria is not yet independent. And I heard that the evacuated immigrants from Cameroon did not return to France, but went to Algeria." Alan Wilson leaned comfortably on the passenger car and said to himself , "If Algeria is still there, there will be no independence in French Africa. Even if Algeria is independent, maybe the French will have a way."

"Keep ties with France, which will be economically beneficial; or completely independent, and all assistance and protection provided by France in Africa will be interrupted", you will choose the former rationally, which gives France a lot of room for maneuver .

Only Guinea, the unlucky one, chose to be completely independent. As a result, Guinea's telephone system was cut off by France on the same day, all economic aid was canceled overnight, and all French personnel were withdrawn. It was blown up, and everything after the nineteenth century disappeared from Guinea.

"Do they still want to play big in Algeria?" Maggins shook his head, "Very challenging idea."

"Who says it's not?" Alan Wilson narrowed his eyes, thinking about another matter absently, what did the minister think about the merger of the Malawi colony?

Except for the colonies in North Africa, most of the land in British Africa is far more livable than the French colonies.

In the 21st century, several countries in French Africa next to the Sahara Desert, due to population expansion and deteriorating living conditions, are already living in a very difficult situation.On the contrary, the independent countries of British Africa are far from being impoverished.

The British colonies are not without shortage of resources, but a large population.In fact, Malawi is, so trying to merge it with Tanzania is also out of consideration of avoiding humanitarian disasters.

For a parliamentary country, even if you think about it, parties with supporters may not necessarily agree to merge an unfamiliar place. Under the electoral system, this may bring unexpected changes to the political situation.

But Nyerere doesn’t have this problem. Nyerere is a pro-Soviet leader. After independence, Tanzania is a de facto country with the Soviet system. At least such a country does not need to consider the disadvantages caused by elections.

Now that Zanzibar can be merged, Nyerere should not refuse to merge Malawi now.

Anyway, before the ownership of Algeria is determined, Britain must not let go of the colonies that are not independent now.The corners and corners are harmless, and the sprawling British East Africa needs to be considered for a while.

Alan Wilson still took time out of his busy schedule to come to the home of Ms. Xia Meng, the oriental face that British citizens are most familiar with at present. The arrival of the nobleman was appointed, and Xia Meng was asked to cook by herself, "Actually, I am also good at cooking, Huaiyang The dishes are very good, even if the ingredients are from the UK, there may be some problems."

"Huaiyang cuisine of the four major cuisines? Malaya also has it, but it's not as common as Cantonese cuisine." Alan Wilson praised with a smile, hugging Xia Meng's waist from behind, "I don't know how it is different from Cantonese cuisine, but since You did it, even if it was poison, I would eat it up without blinking."

The four major cuisines are the concept of this era, and will be replaced by the concept of the eight major cuisines in another 30 years.This is also normal, an era has a concept of an era, and there are naturally different considerations for proposing concepts.

In Alan Wilson's previous life, there was the concept of a new first-tier city, but apart from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, how many people recognized it?But it's all about the narcissism of the cities on the list, maybe in a few decades.

"My mouth seems to be covered with honey." Xia Meng giggled and turned around, "Are you telling the truth?"

"of course not!Alan Wilson lied with a serious face. What he said just now is essentially the same as saying that Indian culture is profound and profound. Even if he is sincere, it is not much. "Britain is special. If you are in a Latin country, don't boast about food culture. Food culture from all over the world Tastes are different, there is no distinction between high and low."

It is difficult for a public figure to be stepped on because of a single sentence, especially Xia Meng is a foreigner, who is easy to be caught slipping. This problem does not exist for native people. The current European and American generations are far from being able to pretend to be tolerant.

Xia Meng made Yangzhou fried rice and corn with pine nuts, and fried lamb with green onions at the man's request.

Alan Wilson prepared oysters, and then fried a plate of leeks.There is actually no such thing as leeks in the UK, but the main thing is to share whoever wants to eat it. If he wants to eat it, someone will naturally send it halfway across the world.

The rosiness on Xia Meng's face has never gone down during this meal, why the dishes that the man in front of her wants her to cook are all related to that kind of thing.

Alan Wilson, who was eating a big piece, said while eating, "You're welcome, I will tell you about a play later."

To be honest, he has a joint venture car project that he wants to discuss with Xia Meng. Xia Meng is also 27 years old, and it is time to think about the next generation.

As night fell, Xia Meng leaned against the man's arms, her face still blushing, she drew circles on the man's chest with her fingers, and asked in a low voice, "I heard that your wife is a very wealthy person, so she won't hinder you." Bar."

"Very wealthy? She is the wealthiest woman in the world." Alan Wilson lit a cigarette, which looked like a red dot in the dark night, "Don't inquire about her affairs."

Pamela Mountbatten is not in London now, otherwise how would he have the guts to go directly to Xia Meng's place for the night?

The richest woman in Britain went to Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland. Naturally, she went for the Belfast strategic transport aircraft. Because the parent company, Short Brothers, has limited financial resources, although production has started in October last year, it has been bumpy. Progress is very slow.

Alan Wilson, who learned the news from Marshal Mountbatten, directly asked Pamela Mountbatten to try to talk to Short Brothers. The current British aircraft manufacturers are definitely overweight, including Short Brothers. There are also a series of aircraft manufacturers such as De Havilland, Avro, Armstrong Whitworth, Bristol, Handley Bakey, and Gloucester.

Many of these companies are comprehensive arms dealers, and they can manufacture anything. Professional aircraft manufacturers like Bristow Company have placed their chips on supersonic airliners.

Pamela Mountbatten, who had already made her fortune in Australia, came back this time and brought her talent to Belfast.

Prepare to have a good talk with the aircraft manufacturing departments of these companies, and integrate a full-time aircraft manufacturer to improve the competitiveness of British aircraft manufacturing and change the phenomenon of British aircraft manufacturers getting together.

In Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, Pamela Mountbatten invited representatives of major airlines to discuss the merger and reorganization of British Airways on the grounds that Boeing was aggressive.

Bristol Company, Short Brothers Company and De Havilland Company all have large-scale aircraft manufacturing experience, and are currently the most valued companies by Pamela Mountbatten, promoting the strategic transport aircraft project and strengthening the strength of the Comet Aircraft. The richest woman is very generous.

Ten days later, news that had a profound impact on the British aviation industry came from Belfast. Pamela Mountbatten merged three companies with experience in large-scale aircraft manufacturing into one with a price of 6000 million pounds. The supersonic airliner project was terminated, and the team was merged into the comet airliner team, and part of it joined the Belfast strategic transport aircraft team.

The Belfast Strategic Transport Aircraft Project, with the full support of Pamela Mountbatten.

Chapter 58 Joint Intelligence Committee